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I looked at Abelo and did a price comparison against Thorne's... Abelo National poly hive starter kit for £270.00 Abelo National cedar hive starter kit for £255.00 Thorne's Bees on a Budget cedar hive starter kit £250.01 (was £230 last week) All kits include a DN brood plus 2 SN super hive...

Thanks for the links. I've book marked simon the beekeeper, Payne’s and BS honey web sites for browsing later. Beekeeping kit in the January sales now there's a plan. especially since I wasn't planning on parting with any hard earned until February or March. I've just noticed too that Thorne's...

Thanks for an interesting link, I'll most probably need to order by post as the nearest Thorne's sale day is probably a four hour round trip from here. Also I'm fairly sure the locals here will be using Nationals but I need to make sure before parting with any hard earned.

Having done the maths and a little more research, while there's much personal satisfaction gained from hand crafting your own, Thorne's 'Bees on a Budget' starter kit now looks to be the way forward. Might still go ahead and build a couple of half width National shallow boxes for use as Nucs...

Abelo poly National as a safe bet (seconded) and respect to Phil Chandler... Just found out there's a course in January not too far from me for beginners. It covers choosing hives, beekeeping theory and its aimed at giving the beginner an understanding of what's what in the world of beekeeping...

Local BKA sessions are plan A and where I intend to start out, I don't expect to be taking the plunge proper until next May or June. In the meantime I have time on my hands, some odd lengths of softwood and an inclination to dabble. Yesterday I had a play in the shed and after an hour I came...

I also read that a National deep brood could be converted into a 14x12 with an eke, seems to me you just end up with a load of spare deep frames. More options than you could shake a stick at, I'll just wait to hear what the local experts have to say.

I read I should consider a National 14x12 brood for the modern prolific bee, I also read I shouldn't because they get too heavy. Then I read the only way to start is with a deep National brood and two shallow supers with the idea that the brood could be extended by means of a third Shallow. I...

Good morning beekeepers I've been reading bits and bobs on beekeeping for some years now without doing anything more. I'm thinking its about time I got myself a roundtuit and took the plunge. Plan A is to make a Nucleus box over winter and hopefully be able to collect a swarm in May or June. By...